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Abaco Lumber Co. #5 - s/n x490 @ Pine Ridge, Grand Bahama
Built (unknown) ~ gauge (unknown) ~ tons (unknown) ~ 2 trucks ~ Class A

The photo is from The Art of Giving, Freeport, Bahamas

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Abernethy Lougheed Lumber Co. Ltd. #55 - s/n 1669
Built 06-1925 - Std gauge - 80 tons - 3 trucks - Class C

The locomotive operated near Port Haney, British Columbia, Canada
Photo hosted by the Maple Ridge Museum of Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada

Abernethy Lougheed Lumber Co. Ltd. #66 - s/n 1662
Built 12-1924 - Std gauge - 80 tons - 3 trucks - Class CThe locomotive operated near Port Haney, British Columbia, Canada
Photos hosted by:

~ upper : Maple Ridge Museum, Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada
~ lower : Maple Ridge Museum, Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada

Abernethy Lougheed Lumber Co. Ltd. #99 - s/n 1497 - near Port Haney, British Columbia, Canada
Built 1918 - Std. gauge - 60 tons - 2 trucks - Class BPhoto hosted by the City of Vancouver Archives

Abbottsford Lumber, Mining & Development Co. Ltd. #1 - s/n 790
Built 03-1907 ~ Std gauge ~ 28 tons ~ 2 trucks ~ Class B
The locomotive operated near Abbottsford, British Columbia, Canada
The image appeared on page 4 of the December, 1907 edition of Western Lumberman

Adams, T. T. Lumber Co. #1 ~ s/n x125
Built 1908 ~ 42" gauge ~ 20 tons ~ 2 trucks ~ Class B

The locomotive operated near Sevier, North Carolina
The photo is from the Joe Denny collection.

Aero Timber Products Ltd. #1 - s/n 1491 @ Aero Camp, Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Canada
Built 1918 - Std gauge - 45 tons - Class B
The photo appeared on the cover of the March-April, 1997 edition of Canadian Rail

Alger Logging Co. #1 - s/n 431
Built 1903 ~ Std gauge ~ 40 tons ~ 2 trucks ~ Class B

The locomotive operated near Skamokawa, Washington
The photo is from the Walter C. Casler collection

Allen & Nelson Mill Co. #3 - s/n 964
Built 08-1909 ~ Std gauge ~ 58 tons ~ 2 trucks ~ Class B

The locomotive operated near Monohan, Washington
The photo is from the Issaquah History Museums, Issaquah, Washington ~ ID = 2001.021.007

Allison Logging Co. #2 ~ s/n 1511
Built 06-1918 ~ 36"gauge ~ 45 tons ~ 2 trucks ~ Class B

The locomotive is pictured at Grassy Bay, Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Canada
The photo is from the Michael Eert collection at the British Columbia Archives ~ ID = C-04568

Alpine Lumber Co. - s/n 371
Built 12/1902 - Std gauge - 40 tons - 2 trucks - Class BThe locomotive operated near Alpine, Washington

Photos hosted by:

~ upper : Forest History Society, Durham, North Carolina

~ lower : Forest History Society, Durham, North Carolina

Australian Newsprint Mills #1653 - s/n 1653
Built 10-1923 ~ 42" gauge ~ 28 tons ~ 2 trucks ~ Class B The locomotive, named Soward, operated near Maydena, Tasmania, Austrailia
The photo is from the Flickr.com user "Trainiac" Collection

Autauga Lumber Co. #2 - s/n 726
Built 12-1907 ~ 36" gauge ~ 25 tons ~ 2 trucks ~ Class B

The locomotive operated near Spur, Alabama

Avery, Al #391 - s/n 391 - Lacey, Washington
Built 1902 - 8' gauge - 18 tons - 2 trucks - Class A

Source: "Railroads in the Woods" <> photo: Robert Chaimberlain collection

Back Creek Lumber Co. - s/n x278
Built 1903 ~ ?? gauge ~ 15 tons ~ 2 trucks ~ Class A

The locomotive operated near Greer, West Virginia.
The photo is from the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania ~ General Negative Collection ~ Negative #01266

Bahamas Cuban Co. Ltd. #3 - s/n 1637
Built 04-1923 ~ 36" gauge ~ 35 tons ~ 2 trucks ~ Class B

The locomotive operated on the Bahama IslandsThe photo is from VintageBahamas.com

Baker White Pine Lumber Co. #2 - s/n 1199 @ Mason, Oregon - photo taken July 28, 1938 - 2nd Climax in background.
Built 02/1913 - 36" gauge - 35 tons - 2 trucks - Class B

Photos by Otto C. Perry - Denver Public Library.

Baker White Pine Lumber Co. #3 - s/n 1355
Built 08-1915 ~ 36" gauge ~ 45 tons ~ 2 trucks - Class B

The locomotive operated near Baker, Oregon.
Photo credits:
> top ~ Taylor Rush Collection.
> bottom ~ Pacific Coast Narrow Gauge

Barclay Chemical Co. #1 - s/n 1681
Built 03-1927 ~ Std gauge ~ 32 tons ~ 2 trucks ~ Class B^903d

The locomotive operated near Laquin, Pennsylvania
The photo is from the LeRoy Heritage Museum, Canton, Pennsylvania

Bay Logging Co. - s/n 1219 - Raymond, Washington ~ text ~ taken 1922-23 near Middle Nemah River
Built 04/1913 - 36" gauge - 23 tons - 2 trucks - Class B

Photo courtesy of Bruce Weilepp at the Pacific County Historical Society and Museum

Bayard, Henry & Co. #69 - s/n 69
Built 1890 ~ Std. gauge ~ 22 tons ~ 2 trucks ~ Class A

The locomotive, named "M. D. Sproat", operated near Wilcox and Rolfe, Pennsylvania
The photos are part of the Rene Cole collection hosted by the Facebook user ID: "Elk County, A Journey Through Time"

Bayside Lumber Co. #3 - s/n 1125
Built 12-1911 ~ Std gauge ~ 46 tons ~ 2 trucks ~ Class B

The locomotive operated near Eureka, California
The image was published in the article: "Rebuilding Jetties at Humbolt Bay, California" appearing in the September - October, 1913 edition of the
Professional Memoirs, Corps of Engineers, United States Army, and Engineer Department at Large

Bayside Lumber Co. #5 - s/n 1225 ~ destined for Eureka, California
Built 05-1913 ~ Std gauge ~45 tons ~ Class B

The photo is from the Washington State Archives ~ John T. Labbe Collection ~ ID = AR255-114-0-1_L-1796

Beaver Logging Co. #1 - s/n 1009
Built 02-1910 ~ Std gauge ~ 38 tons ~ 2 trucks

The locomotive operated near Quincy, Oregon. This is the company's 2nd Climax to use the #1 road number. The first was s/n 628.
The photo is from the Washington State Archives ~ John T. Labbe Collection ~ ID = AR255-114-0-1_L-0405

Beck Brothers Logging Co. #2 - s/n 792
Built 1907 ~ Std gauge ~ 20 tons ~ 2 trucks ~ Class A

The locomotive operated near Quilcene, Washington The photo is from the Walter C. Casler collection

Beck, Riley & Hall Equipment Co. #2 - s/n 1694
Built 04-1923 ~ 36" gauge ~ 30 tons ~ 2 trucks ~ Class B

The company was an equipment dealer in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Bennett Logging Co. #1 - s/n 778
Built 1907 ~ Std gauge ~ 40 tons ~ 2 trucks ~ Class B The locomotive operated near Monohan
The photos are from the Issaquah History Museums, Issaquah, Washington with the following IDs in order from top to bottom:
1 - ID = 91.031.002 ~ Kinsey Collection
2 - ID = 2012.019.013

Bernard Timber Logging Co. Ltd. #2 - s/n 878
Built 06/1908 - Std gauge - 40 tons - 2 trucks - Class B

The locomotive operated near Port Neville, British Columbia, Canada
The photo is part of the BC Archives Collection hosted by the Royal BC Museum ~ D-05054

Bernard Timber Logging Co. Ltd. #4 - s/n 1539
Built 1919 - Std gauge - 55 tons - 2 trucks ~ Class B

The photo is part of the BC Archives Collection hosted by the Royal BC Museum ~ D-05043

Betchard, Frank #3 - s/n 249
Built 1901 ~ Std. gauge ~ 30 tons ~ 2 trucks ~ Class B
The locomotive operated near the company's Roy, Washington location.

Big Creek Logging Co. #10 - s/n 1183
Built 10-1912 ~ Std gauge ~ 62 tons ~ 2 trucks ~ Class B

The locomotive operated near Knappa, Oregon.
The photo is by Clark Kinsey

Big Sandy & Cumberland Railroad #485 - s/n 485
Built 1903-04 - 42" gauge - 30 tons - 2 trucks ~ Class B

The railroad, located near Devon, West Virginia, was owned by the W. M. Ritter Lumber Co.

Photo & data source:

"American Narrow Gauge Railroads" by George W. Hilton / Stanford University Press - Stanford, California 1990.
Thomas T. Taber collection

Big Woods Lumber Co. #2 - s/n 177
Built 1898 ~ 36" gauge ~ 25 tons ~ 2 trucks ~ Class B

The locomotive operated near Lombard, Kentucky
The photo is from the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania ~ Benjamin F. G. Kline, Jr. Collection ~ Negative #K0286

Blair Silica Brick Co. #1 - s/n x129
Built 1910 ~ 36" gauge ~ 27 tons ~ 2 trucks

The locomotive operated near Sproul, Pennsylvania. Though the official records show the locomotive's gauge is "unknown", the company's other Climax, s/n 1253, was known to be 36" gauge.
The photo is part of the Walter Casler collection. It was published on page 363 of "Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies" Vol. 32, No. 4

Blakely Railroad #5 - s/n 1365
Built 1916 - Std. gauge - 80 tons - 3 trucks - Class C

The locomotive, owned by the Port Blakely Mill Co., operated near Port Blakely, Washington
Photo / Image credits:
> top ~ Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania ~ General Negative Collection ~ Negative #8813
> bottom ~ Clark Kinsey Collection @ University of Washington

Blanchard-Moshannon Mining Co. #2 - s/n 1651
Built 09-1923 ~ Std gauge ~ 80 tons ~ 3 trucks ~ Class C

The locomotive operated near Spruce, Pennsylvania
The photo is from the Precision Locomotive Castings Collection.

Blanchard Zanesville Mining Co. #1 - s/n 1594
Built 04-1923 ~ Std gauge ~ 55 tons ~ 2 trucks ~ Class B

The locomotive operated near Zanesville, Ohio
The photo is from the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania ~ General Negative Collection ~ Negative #02267

Bloedel Donovan Lumber Mills #10 - s/n 1641 - near Alger Camp, Washington on June 26, 1923.
Built 06-1923 - Std. gauge - 80 tons - 3 trucks - Class C
The photo's date is within days of the locomotive being delivered new from the Climax factory.Photo from: University of Washington

Bloedel Donovan Lumber Mills #11 - s/n 1632
Built 08-1923 ~ Std. gauge ~ 70 tons ~ 3 trucks ~ Class CThe locomotive operated near the company's Skykomish, Washington location.

Bloedel, Stewart & Welch Ltd. #7 - s/n 1639
Built 05-1923 - Std. gauge - 70 tons - 3 trucks - Class C

The locomotive operated near the company's Franklin River, British Columbia, Canada location.
Photo credit: Old Time Trains

Blue Jay Lumber Co. - s/n x18
Built 06-1891 ~ 36" gauge ~ 12 tons ~ 2 trucks ~ Class A

The locomotive operated near Lynch, Pennsylvania
The photo was published in Forest County

Blue Jay Lumber Co. #6 - s/n 496
Built 1904 ~ Std gauge ~ 40 tons ~ 2 trucks ~ Class B

The locomotive operated near Blue Jay, West Virginia
The bottom photo is from the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania ~ Benjamin F. G. Kline, Jr. Collection ~ Negative #K0332.
The left most locomotive in the enlarged bottom photo is the company's Shay #8 s/n 2004. The right most locomotive in the enlarged bottom photo is Climax #12 s/n 1277

Blue Jay Lumber Co. #12 - s/n 1277 - the right most locomotive in the enlarged photo.
Built 05-1914 ~ Std. gauge ~ 45 tons ~ 2 trucks ~ Class B^903d

The locomotive operated near Blue Jay, West Virginia
The photo is from the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania ~ Benjamin F. G. Kline, Jr. Collection ~ Negative #K0332.
The left most locomotive in the enlarged photo is the company's Shay #8 s/n 2004. The center locomotive in the enlarged photo is the company's Climax #6 s/n 496

Boice, Charles A. #1 - s/n x257
Built 1902 ~ ?? gauge ~ 18 tons ~ 2 trucks ~ Class B

The locomotive operated near Saint Paul, Virginia. Note the missing crew cab, extra wide drivers for running on wooden rail, and rickety supports under the middle of the bridge.
The photo is from the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania ~ General Negative Collection ~ Negative #02289

Boice & Buchanon Lumber Co. #1 - s/n 578
Built 1905 - 36" gauge - 28 tons - 2 trucks - Class BThe locomotive operated near Balsam, North Carolina.
Photo hosted by Western North Carolina Heritage

Center image is a close-up of the Climax builder's plate (in the photo at top) with the shop number 578 visible.
Bottom image is a close-up of the "Boice & Buchanan" lettering visible on the tender in the photo at top.

The same locomotive appears in the frame immediately following this one. In that photo (below), the condition of the locomotive and its lettering seem to be new or close to that condition. In that photo, the locomotive carries the #578 road number. The condition of the locomotive in the photo at upper left shows much more use and fading of the lettering. Further, the road number of the locomotive in this current frame is #1. It can be concluded that Boice & Buchanon (B&B) took delivery of the locomotive from Climax with its road number being #578 and B&B later changed that road number to #1.

Boice & Buchanon Lumber Co. #578 - s/n 578
Built 1905 - 36" gauge - 28 tons - 2 trucks - Class B

The locomotive operated near the company's Balsam, North Carolina location.
Photo credits: Betty Arrington collection @ Balsam Mountain Inn
Reference the paragraph in the frame immediately above.

Boone Fork Lumber Co. #5 - s/n 1529
Built 05-1919 ~ 36" gauge ~ 45 tons ~ 2 trucks ~ Class B
The locomotive operated near Shulls Mill, North Carolina.
The photo was published in The Blueridge Stemwinder - Vol. 1 #3 (periodical) - published by John R. Waite

Booth & Flinn Ltd. #10 - s/n 1598
Built 01-1921 - 36" gauge - 40 tons - 2 trucks - Class B^903d

The locomotive operated near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The s/n detail reference page linked to above has inadvertently omitted the "l" of "Flinn" in the owner name.
Photo details:

>Top - Taken April, 1921 at the construction site of the South Portals of the Liberty Tunnels in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The photo is from the Brookline Connection Internet site.
>Bottom - The photo is part of the K. C. Warner (Booth & Flinn Ltd) collection. It was published on page 354 of "Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies" Vol. 32, No. 4

Booth & Flinn Ltd. #11 - s/n x179
Built 09-1921 ~ 36" gauge ~ 50 tons ~ 2 trucks

The locomotive operated near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The s/n detail reference page linked to above has inadvertently omitted the "l" of "Flinn" in the owner name.
The photo is part of the K. C. Warner (Booth & Flinn Ltd) collection. It was published on page 365 of "Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies" Vol. 32, No. 4

Boswell Lumber Co. #1 - s/n 496
Built 1904 ~ Std gauge ~ 40 tons ~ 2 trucks ~ Class B

The locomotive operated near New Florence, Pennsylvania. The locomotive was regauged to 36" gauge prior to its operation by Boswell.
The photo is from the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania ~ General Negative Collection ~ Negative #02792. The identity of this locomotive is questionable. The other pictures we have of this locomotive when it was owned by Blue Jay Lumber Co. show a wooden cab and a fuel bunker with the upper lip (edge) with an outward flare. See "Blue Jay Lumber Co. #6 - s/n 496"

Bratnober Co. #4 - s/n 1655
Built 1924 ~ Std gauge ~ 70 tons ~ 3 trucks ~ Class C

The locomotive operated near Monohan, Washington
The photo is from the Issaquah History Museums, Issaquah, Washington ~ ID = 2001.021.008

Bratnober Waite Lumber Co. #2 - s/n 209 @ Clear Lake, Washington
Built 04-1900 ~ Std gauge ~ 35 tons ~ 2 trucks ~ Class B

The locomotive was named Happy Lewis
The photo is part of the Clear Lake Community Historical Association collection held at the Washington Rural Heritage site ~ CL0050

Briggs, G. L. & Son Lumber Co. - s/n x137
Built 1911 ~ 42" gauge ~ 15 tons - 2 trucks - Class A

The locomotive operated near Briggsvale, New South Wales (NSW), Austrailia.
The photo is from the NSW Forestry Commission collection published on page 21 of the April, 1988 edition of Light Railways, a publication of The Light Railways of Australia Research Society of Australia, Inc.

British Columbia Forest Products Ltd. #3 - s/n 1487 - near Nitinat, British Columbia, Canada in September, 1956
Built 1917 - Std gauge - 70 tons - 3 trucks - Class C

British Columbia Forest Products Ltd. #5 - s/n 1684 - near Nitinat, British Columbia, Canada in September, 1956
Built 04-1927 - Std. gauge - 100 tons - 3 trucks - Class C

British Columbia Forest Products Ltd. #7 - s/n 1669 - in 1956
Built 06-1925 ~ Std. gauge ~ 80 tons ~ 3 trucks ~ Class C

The locomotive operated near the company's Gordon River, British Columbia, Canada location.

Brix-Woodard Timber Co. #692 - s/n 692
Built 07/1906 ~ Std. gauge ~ 45 tons ~ 2 trucks ~ Class BThe locomotive operated near Jewel, Oregon
The photo is from the Columbia River Maritime Museum, Astoria, Oregon ~ ID =2018.47.633

Brix-Woodard Timber Co. #1591 - s/n 1591
Built 01-1921 ~ Std gauge ~ 80 tons ~ 3 trucks ~ Class C

The locomotive operated near Jewell, Oregon.
The photo is part of the Martin E. Hansen collection.

Brix Brothers Logging Co. #4 - s/n 996
Built 02-1910 ~ Std gauge ~ 43 tons ~ 2 trucks

The locomotive operated near Oneida, Washington
The photo is from the Washington State Archives ~ John T. Labbe Collection ~ ID = AR255-114-0-1_LL-0282

Brix Brothers Logging Co. #5 - s/n 1289
Built 1914 ~ Std gauge ~ 50 tons ~ 2 trucks ~ Class B^903d

The locomotive operated in Oneida, Washington
The photo is from the Washington State Archives ~ John T. Labbe Collection ~ ID = AR255-114-0-1_L-0367

Brodhead-Garrett Lumber Co. #2 - s/n 1123 - Nada, Kentucky
Built 11/16/1911 - Std gauge - 35 tons - 2 trucks ~ Class "B"^10d - More

Photo & data courtesy of Ed Vasser of The Climax Locomotive

Brooklyn Cooperage Co. - s/n 455 or s/n x296
Built ???? ~ Std gauge ~ ?? tons ~ 2 trucks ~ Class B

The company owned two Class B Climax locomotives. It is unknown which is pictured. The locomotive operated near Saint Regis Falls, New York
The photo is from the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania ~ Benjamin F. G. Kline, Jr. Collection ~ Negative #K3395

Buffelen Lumber & Manufacturing Co. #4 - s/n 1592
Built 04-1921 ~ Std. gauge ~ 80 tons ~ 3 trucks ~ Class C
The locomotive operated near the company's Eagle Gorge, Washington location.

Bullis Logging Co. - s/n 886
Built 5/1908 - Std gauge - 40 tons- 2 trucks

The locomotive operated near Medford, Oregon
The photo is held by the Hannon Library at Southern Oregon University

Bush & Belknap - s/n x2
Built 05-1888 ~ 36" gauge ~ 10 tons ~ 2 trucks

The locomotive operated near Eagle, Pennsylvania.
The photo is from the Wells Eugene Scott. The gentleman at left in the photo is Charles Darwin Scott, inventor of the Climax locomotive.

Buskirk Rutledge Lumber Co. #1 - s/n 1517
Built 05-1918 ~ 36" gauge ~ 20 tons ~ 2 trucks ~ Class B

The locomotive operated near Pioneer, Tennessee
The photo is part of the Johnny Walker collection.

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